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The Clan Johnstone were once one of the most powerful of the Border Reiver Scottish clans. [3] They originally settled in Annandale and for more than six hundred years they held extensive possessions in the west of the Scottish Marches , where they kept watch against the English .
The map shows the locations of the clans and the land owned by the principal landowners in around 1587-1594. The map was created in the late 1800s and published in 1899. Date: 1899: Source: From this website . It is a scan from the book: Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland, by Thomas Brumby Johnston and James A. Robertson. Author
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
Lochwood Tower, also known as Lochwood Castle, is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house situated in Annandale (Valley of the River Annan) about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of Moffat in the modern county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. [1] [2] [3] It was the seat of the Clan Johnstone.
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun; James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell; James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale; John Hope-Johnstone (1796–1876) John Hope-Johnstone (photographer) John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912)
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The Battle of Dryfe Sands was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 6 December 1593, near Lockerbie, Scotland.It was fought between the Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone after a hundred years of feuding between them.